Posts

Showing posts from April, 2010

Earworms, lyrics, and tunes in the brain | Psydir News

Earworms, lyrics, and tunes in the brain Psydir News Posted using ShareThis Is about Lady Gaga and her tunes, which one cannot get out of one's head. Same with similar dance music. Also called a 'hook line' when a chorus (or other part of a lyric) is repeated over and over again.

The low-down on brief exposures by JANICE BREEN

Basically talks about that *really* hideous fashion, the 'saggy pants' look. This fashion (if you could call it that), has been around since the early 1990's, when jeans were 'supersized', and they fell down to show one's buttocks and underwear.  They were originally worn by hip hop/rap artists and fans, but were also adopted by skaters, some grunge artists, and (sad to say) some headbangers (particularly those who like death metal/grindcore and nu-metal).  Here is the run-down on the history of 'saggy pants' by Janice Breen: Early 1990s Hip-hop artists adopt pants like ''one-size-fits-all'' prison garb worn by ''brothers'' home from jail. The ''homeboy'' look fits with post-prison six-packs and hot underwear brand Calvin Klein. Mid-1990s Saggy pants slip into mainstream fashion. Waistbands drop each year. By early 2000s, almost the whole boxers are on show, crotches drop to knees. Rumours the look is ...